In 2024, Julia Bouwsma was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Bouwsma will launch the Write ME Epistolary Poetry Project, a statewide, multi-phase project that uses epistolary poetry—poetry in the form of exchanged letters—to build connections and communication across Maine, a large, rural state affected by geographic, economic, political, racial, and cultural divisions. The project will culminate in a hybrid celebration featuring readings, displays of epistolary exchanges, panels, and performances.